In his novel Netherland, Joseph O’Neill describes the rhythm of fielding in cricket as ‘pulmonary’ — the fielders converging as one as the bowler runs in before reverting to their positions after each ...

In ODI cricket, runs saved are often as valuable as runs scored. While bowlers grab the headlines for their wickets and batters are celebrated for centuries, it is sometimes in the field where matches ...

If the bowling side wants to keep one batsman on strike to bowl at and that batsman hits a shot which stops centimetres before the boundary rope and the batsmen run three. If the fielder knocks it by ...

Rinku Singh set a massive record even before he walked out to bat as he made his presence felt on the field during New ...

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VDCA Cricket Stadium: Senior all-rounder Deepti Sharma received the best fielder award in India’s commanding 88-run victory over Pakistan during the 2025 Women’s World Cup clash at the R Premadasa ...